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The Day The Falls Stood Still – Book Review
The Day The Falls Stood Still by Cathy Marie Buchanan
Bess’ family is well-to-do, living above Niagra Falls in Canada. She has another year at school and her sister, Isabelle, is engaged to the son of a very wealthy man. Suddenly, though, her whole world falls apart when her father’s aluminum speculation fails and he is fired from his job. As Isabelle’s fiance was their father’s boss, she soon finds herself newly unengaged. Now Bess is no longer able to go back to school, has a family which is extremely hard up for money, a father who is spending his days drinking, and a sister who is beyond mopey. The one bright spot in Bess’ life is Tom, an orphaned boy living in a hotel who catches and sells fish and drags ‘floaters’ out from below the falls. Although Tom is considered beneath Bess socially, she can’t get him out of her head.
“The Day The Falls Stood Still” was a lovely piece of historical fiction. I have not read much historical fiction based in the early part of the 20th century, but this book really gave me a sense of time and place. I enjoyed reading about Bess’ development through her hardships and adored the character of Tom, with his passion for the river. This book didn’t grab me by the lapels and force me to read it, but it was enjoyable enough that I finished it in just a couple of days.
If you’re interested in being immersed in WWI-era culture of the Niagra Falls area, as well as issues of conservation and modernization, definitely pick this up.
Buy this book from:
Powells.
A local independent bookstore via Indiebound.
Amazon.
Thank you to the publisher for sending me this book to review.
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Looks like an interesting book. Good review!
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This sounds marvelous. Even my hubby might like it since he was in Niagra Falls not long ago.
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This Canadian has this on my must read list!
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I really enjoyed this one. My review won’t be posted until the tour which takes place early Sept but I was enchanted with this one. Yep! I said enchanted. Sooo not a word that I use.
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Darn, I should have got this one for last week. I was in Niagara Falls on vacation.
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This definitely sounds interesting. Thanks for the review!
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This book is on my wishlist. Thanks for the review!
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This one most definitely sounds like a good read. I would love to know about that era as well!
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I was reading your synopsis, without paying attention to the book cover and didn’t notice it was historical fiction. By your synopsis, I totally thought that this took place today, so when I got to the bottom of the paragraph, I was like, huh, why is he beneath her? WTF? LOL
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This one’s at the top of my wish list!
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Wonderful review. I was wondering about this book and you answered my question. I added it to my TBR.
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I think I felt similarly about this book. I liked it and I liked Bess and Tom, but I wasn’t thinking about it when I was away from it or anything.
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I have been wanting to read this since I first started seeing ads. Can’t wait.
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